Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 31, 2022

Pete Kaiser poses with two of his dogs on a snowy finish line.
Pete Kaiser won his sixth Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race on Sunday, Jan. 30. (Katie Basile)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska has more revenue this year, but will that translate to a larger PFD? Also, Pete Kaiser notches another K300 win and thinks about breaking an all-time record. And how a Tlingit totem pole made its way from Alaska to a suburb of Washington, D.C.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman and Lyndsey Brollini in Juneau
Angela Denning in Petersburg
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Greg Kim in Bethel
and Liz Ruskin in Cabin John Park in Maryland

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Toben Shelby and Katie Anastas.

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